Spaghetti wrapping machine and method



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18. A METHOD OF WRAPPING ELONGATED PRODUCTS COMPRISING THE STEPS OFCUTTING A SHEET OF PRESELECTED LENGTH FROM A ROLL OF WRAPPING MATERIAL,PLACING SAID SHEET ON A CONVEYOR, VIBRATING A BULK SOURCE OF THEPRODUCT, SEPARATING A PREDETERMINED QUANTITY OF SAID PRODUCT FROM THEBULK SOURCE, PLACING THE SEPARATED AMOUNT OF THE PRODUCT INTO THE SHEET,FOLDING OPPOSITE EDGES OF THE SHEET TOWARD EACH OTHER IN OVERLAPPINGPRESSURE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRODUCT CONTAINED THEREIN, TACK SEALINGTHE OVERLAPPED PORTION WHILE MAINTAINING THE PRESSURE RELATIONSHIP,FOLDING OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE ENDS TOWARD EACH OTHER, FOLIDNG SAIDOPPOSITE SIDES TOGETHER AND SIMULTANEOUSLY FOLDING THE TOP SIDE OF THEEND DOWNWARD IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP, HOLDING THE TOP IN ITSDOWNWARD OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP AND SIMULTANEOUSLY PARTIALLY URGINGTHE BOTTOM OF THE END UPWARD, RELEASING THE TOP AND URGING THE BOTTOMFURTHER UPWARD AND INWARD TOWARD THE PACKAGE TO COMPLETE THE FOLD.